The mother-in-law grabbed the big black reed chicken in one hand and carried a basket of fresh vegetables in the other hand and stopped at the door. With a puzzled face, she looked at the strong man in front of her, and looked at the old and young people sitting in the courtyard. Kangxi also looked Wang Pozi up and down, and the thirteenth elder brother stood up, looking a little nervous.

Qi Su Niang knew that Kangxi would have guards by his side, and she was afraid that the princess would be offended, so she hurriedly said to Kangxi: "The emperor-" saw Kangxi's eyes, and quickly changed her words: "Master, this mother-in-law is a chicken seller in the market outside. ”

The fourth master walked out of the inner room and glanced at the basket in Mrs. Wang's hand, "What is that?" ”

Qi Su Niang turned her head and said with a smile: "Four-fourth young master, that is the fresh vegetables that the concubine asked her to buy, it is fresh bamboo shoots, Hu Luobu and tofu, which the concubine wants to eat today." ”

Kangxi smiled: "Let her in." ”

The disguised imperial guards answered in unison and retreated, but the princess hesitated and did not move at the door. Qi Su Niang hurriedly greeted her, and wanted to whisper a few words to her, but when she saw the imperial guard by the door, she closed her mouth, took the black reed chicken and vegetable blue seed in the hands of Mrs. Wang, and pulled her in.

Mrs. Wang stood in front of Kangxi at a loss, and Kangxi said in a harmonious voice: "This mother-in-law, but the Qinghe people?" ”

Mrs. Wang glanced at Qi Su Niang and was blessed, "If you go back to the master, the old woman has lived in Qinghe for fifty-six years. ”

Qi Su Niang listened to her handling decently, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this old woman was very eye-catching, and she didn't need to say it, she understood that the people in front of her had to deal with it carefully.

Kangxi waved his hand at Qi Su Niang and asked her to go back to the stove, Qi Su Niang was helpless and didn't dare to look at it, so she had to put Da Hei in the chicken coop and carry the vegetables into the stove.

She stir-fried shredded chicken with slices of bamboo shoots. While pricking up his ears to listen to the movement outside. Although I couldn't hear the conversation clearly. But I was afraid to hear the cries of "bold", "bastard", "take" and so on.

Steamed cornmeal cakes out of the cage. Stir-fried shredded chicken with bamboo shoots, steamed duck with soaked seeds. Steamed smoked fish with dried plums. Scrambled eggs with carrots. Stir-fried greens. Egg tofu and greens soup out of the pot. Qi Su Niang made two fruit bowls of kumquats, apples, lotus seeds, and fresh peaches. It can also be regarded as making up six bowls and four plates of ground mat noodles.

Qi Su Niang walked out of the stove. Go to the side room and get the silverware for the food. Listening to Mrs. Wang saying, "There are many guests coming and going in Cao. Tea and wine shops by the river always need some chicken to prepare. The old woman can sell more than a dozen in a day. In good times, you can sell thirty of them. The county lord is here. The officials did not dare to mess around. Although it is inevitable to be honorable. It's enough to make ends meet. ”

Kangxi smiled. Nodding his head again and again. glanced at Qi Su Niang again. "Or maybe you're on good terms with Mrs. Xiantai. That's why no one came to trouble you? ”

Mrs. Wang looked at Qi Su Niang and smiled: "If you want to say no." Not really. If it was before. The county officials and officials will not hurry to say hello when they see my wife. To say yes. Not exactly. Madame, she is only in charge of the inner house. If it is my wife, I will borrow some money to make an envoy. That's not to say. If it's for the sake of external affairs, it's a gift of affection. The old woman hasn't dared to open her mouth yet. ”

Qi Su Niang's cold sweat flowed down her back. I didn't dare to say anything. Only stiff and laughing on the side. Kangxi was very satisfied. Said "Reward." ”

Qi Su Niang was overjoyed, but saw that the fourth master was stunned, as if he was going to touch the purse on his waist, but he touched it empty, and the thirteenth master was also in general situation, knowing that they must have changed their clothes today, he hurriedly took five taels of silver from his sleeve and presented it to Kangxi, seeing him nodding, he smiled and stuffed it to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was surprised and delighted, and was blessed, "Thank you, master." was sent to the door by Qi Su Niang, neither of them dared to speak, changed their eyes, and dispersed.

Qi Su Niang wiped her sweat secretly, and before she could speak, Kangxi said, "Let's eat." ”

Qi Su Niang hurriedly responded, and seeing that Kangxi was eating in the courtyard, she took the clay mold away and presented six bowls and four plates of vegetables, fruits, and steamed cakes with a complete set of gold-inlaid and silver-inlaid utensils. Qi Su Niang stood aside according to the rules of the palace, held another pair of gold and silver chopsticks, looked at Kangxi's eyes, took a bite and tasted it, and then changed the chopsticks and clamped three chopsticks and served them on a silver plate, and gave them to Kangxi. After Kangxi used it, the fourth and thirteenth masters moved their chopsticks.

Although she was drinking wine and adding food, waiting for the three nobles to eat, she was pondering Kangxi's intentions in her heart. He went out of the capital in February to tour the south, and now he should be in Huai'an. The governor of Liangjiang, Ah Shan, ordered officials from Songjiang Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion, and Jiangning Mansion to take over in Yangzhou.

Qi Su Niang thought of Chen Yan's continuous performances in the past two years, and felt a little uneasy in her heart. Although she didn't look at those recitals carefully, when Chen Yan was writing them in the study, she mostly practiced painting or making river maps on the side, and saw some of them. Qinghe Hecheng changes one a year, but the situation in Gaojiayan is getting worse and worse, Chen Yan lent out the county business, and privately went to various embankments in the south of the Yangtze River to inspect them, and three or four out of ten were in disrepair.

Although he reported these things to Zhang Peng, Zhang Peng also replaced more than a dozen river officials, but the matter was repeatedly banned, and most of the officials who were removed turned around and were sent to other places by the superiors. Qi Suniang wrote to Qi Qiang about this matter, and Qi Qiang hurriedly replied, persuading Chen Yan'an to keep his duty, the river workers were widely implicated, and many princes had people who swallowed the river silver, not only the prince alone.

Qi Su Niang thought of this, and sighed secretly, Qi Qiang's reply was still pressed in the makeup box by her, how could Chen Yan not know such a situation, but according to his temperament, it is okay to do other things, but fill in more silver into it, only the success or failure of the river work, it is better to bend than bend. Why should she bother him any more?

"Qi Clan."

Qi Su Niang was taken aback, gathered her mind, and said respectfully: "The courtiers are here." ”

Kangxi put down the silver chopsticks and looked at Qi Su Niang, "I've been there."

？ ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned for a moment, knowing that he didn't ask if he was taking the imperial boat to inspect Gaojiayan seven years ago, "If you go back to the emperor, the courtiers have patrolled Gaojiayan with their grandson two years ago." ”

Kangxi took out a fold from his arms, looked at it, and put it in his arms, Qi Su Niang's eyes were sharp, and she immediately recognized that the handwriting on the fold was owned by Chen Yan.

"What was the situation?"

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers have never gone up to the embankment, but I heard my grandson mention it-" Qi Su Niang hesitated for a while, looked at Kangxi's face, and had to say: "I heard my grandson mention that Gaojiayan failed to repair it in time, but after my grandson inspected the embankment, it was indeed repaired." ”

Kangxi nodded slowly, "Chen Changzhi said that Gaojiayan has not been repaired for two years, and it will be difficult to resist in case of heavy floods. Why didn't he go to patrol the embankment for the past two years? ”

"If you go back to the emperor, although my grandson wants to patrol the embankment, he is not a river official after all...... "The later river is more difficult than the other, and most of them are blocked back halfway through the patrol."

Kangxi frowned, "Then how did he know that Gaojiayan was in disrepair?" ”

Qi Su Niang's heart trembled, and she suddenly knelt down, "If you go back to the emperor, my grandson ...... My grandson once pretended to be a river man and went to Gaojiayan. ”

Kangxi was silent for a long time, Qi Su Niang lowered her head, not daring to speak. After a while, Kangxi asked: "Fourth, what are the other places where the embankment is in disrepair?" ”

"Back to the emperor Amama, there are seven places such as Jiangning, Taizhou, and Baoying." The fourth elder brother stood up and replied.

The thirteenth elder brother hurriedly said: "Huang Ama, although five places have been checked, but ......"

Kangxi waved his hand to stop him, "He played 22 river works in disrepair, involving more than 20 river officials, but 12 of these people played Chen Changzhi to interfere in river politics and extort bribes. After that, he stood up and looked at the vegetable shed and chicken coop in the yard, "Fortunately, he is not like a greedy bribe-seeker," paused, "Qi's-"

"The courtiers are here." Qi Suniang was in a cold sweat when she heard this, and knew that the emperor had inspected five embankments, and they were all repaired, which was completely wrong with Chen's performance.

Kangxi came here, but he secretly checked whether Chen Yan had any joint cheats, and if he didn't answer correctly, he would never recover.

"These silverware were given to you by the Queen Mother as a dowry?" Kangxi picked up the gold-inlaid silver wine jug and looked at it.

Qi Su Niang forced herself to calm down, "If you go back to the emperor, these three sets of wine, tea, and silverware are indeed given by the Queen Mother to the courtiers to marry." ”

"Huang Ama, the ministers have checked the dowry list, and the queen mother has rewarded a lot." The fourth elder brother replied respectfully, "Fang Cai'er has already checked in each room, and the head and face ornaments, silk and satin silk, four seasons robes, beds, tables, cabinets and chairs, gold, silver, tin and copper utensils all have provenance, and there are no extra valuables. ”

Kangxi nodded slowly and put down the silver kettle, "I'll go to Gaojiayan today to have a look——"

"Your Majesty." A sound of footsteps sounded outside the courtyard, interrupting Kangxi's words. Qi Su Niang heard the sound of throwing her sleeves and asking for peace, and when she looked up, there was a black pressure outside the courtyard where there were eunuchs and Jiangnan officials around Kangxi, and the leader was Ah Shan, the governor of Liangjiang, "Your Majesty, the minister is late, and I ask the emperor to forgive me." ”

Kangxi didn't seem to expect Jiang Xi's officials to rush over so quickly, and a smile appeared on his face, "Get up, where is the prince?" ”

Ah Shan kowtowed, as if hesitating, "Back to the emperor, the prince has arrived in Yangzhou Mansion and is inspecting the place where he is stationed for the emperor." ”

Qi Suniang heard that the prince had not returned to greet Kangxi, raised her eyes slightly, and sure enough, she saw a trace of unhappiness flashing on Kangxi's face, and she didn't see it in a blink of an eye, "Cao Yin took over the two drives, it must be safe, he received two new Huai salt politics in the last two years, or go to his house." ”

Ah Shan hurriedly responded, and Kangxi said: "Qinghe Zhixian Chen Yanke is here?" ”

"Weichen Qinghe Zhixian Chen Yan knocks on St. Ann." Qi Su Niang watched Chen Yan stand up from the crowd, bent down and walked forward, knelt down again, kowtowed and said goodbye.

"Your home is simple, and your family is very good." Kangxi said to Chen Yan, and glanced at Qi Su Niang again, "Ten horses of the Qi family weave gold satin." ”

Qi Su Niang originally knelt for a long time, and then kowtowed with Chen Yan to thank her, but she was still uneasy in her heart, Kangxi rewarded her, naturally to show her that he did not believe Chen Yan's extortion and bribery, but Kangxi always only mentioned Chen Yan's family affairs, and did not mention the river work, so he still had doubts in his heart.

"You can go to Gaojiayan with me to check." After Kangxi Fang said this, someone among the ministers played: "Enlighten the emperor, the ministers obey the emperor's holy decree, and order 80,000 river pacesetters to form an army outside Yangzhou City, waiting for the emperor to read, the emperor, you see ......"

Kangxi hesitated slightly, nodded and said: "If the army is too long, it will disturb the people, and I will patrol the embankment again on the way back." With that, they walked out, and the ministers dodged a way, followed behind, and all headed for the dock.

Chen Yan secretly smiled at Qi Su Niang, didn't dare to speak, and went with him. Qi Su Niang looked at the back of Chen Yan's departure, and comforted herself, Gaojiayan is different from other river embankments, it has been in disrepair for two years, even if it is repaired day and night, it will never be repaired in half a year, as long as Kangxi finds out that Gaojiayan is in disrepair, the other dozen or so river embankments have all been repaired, and Chen Yan can also keep his innocence and will not commit the crime of losing his life and stealing his family.

Thinking like this, she smiled and took the ten woven gold satins from Wei Zhu, stuffed three melon seeds and gold to him, and sent them away.

She thought about it for a while, five taels of silver and nine coins of gold, plus a table of food, and ten horses of woven gold satin, she still earned it. The car she picked up this time was much more cost-effective than the old bottom in the Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and there was no need to make up for the deficit, the emperor asked Cao Yin to go to the salt administration, and listening to Chen's speech was to let him make up for the shortfall......

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